Intelligence ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns People Information Terrorist Noun High/Average/Low Call

• a person of high/average/low intelligence
• he didn't even have the intelligence to call for an ambulance.
• as a director, he tends to underestimate the intelligence of his audience.
• please don't insult my intelligence by lying to me.

intelligence

1. the ability to learn, understand and think in a logical way about things; the ability to do this well
• SEE ALSO artificial intelligence
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/artificial-intelligence
• a person of high/average/low intelligence
• He didn't even have the intelligence to call for an ambulance.
• As a director, he tends to underestimate the intelligence of his audience.
• Please don't insult my intelligence by lying to me.

Extra Examples

• At least he had the intelligence to turn off the gas.
• This essay shows considerable intelligence.
• I always thought of him as a man of limited intelligence.
• Is it really possible to measure intelligence?
• Most people of average intelligence would find this task quite difficult.
• Perhaps I underestimated your intelligence.
• Wakefulness in a baby is sometimes seen as a sign of intelligence.
• You will not be expected to know a great deal but you will need to show your intelligence.
2. secret information that is collected, for example about a foreign country, especially one that is an enemy; the people that collect this information
• SEE ALSO counter-intelligence
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/counter-intelligence
• the head of military intelligence
• the collection of foreign intelligence
• the director of national intelligence
• They hope to gather more intelligence on any further plots.
• We've obtained secret intelligence about enemy plans.
• The government had intelligence from several different sources.
• intelligence agencies/services
• an intelligence officer/official/agent
• the intelligence community (= all the people that collect this information)
• intelligence sources (= people who give this information)
• intelligence reports

Extra Examples

• He works for the French intelligence service.
• His unit was responsible for intelligence gathering in North Africa.
• the use of human intelligence (= information collected by people) in foiling terrorist attacks
• Military intelligence is gathered using sophisticated technology.
• The FBI and the CIA need to share intelligence on terrorism.
• Intelligence sources report that a terrorist attack is highly probable.
• The two countries agreed to exchange intelligence information to fight against terrorism.
• We have learned important lessons from the intelligence failures that preceded the terrorist attacks.
• Congress created permanent intelligence committees in both houses.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin intelligentia, from intelligere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.